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	Pendle Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pendle Hill (summit 557 m above mean sea level) is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Colne, Nelson and Clitheroe.
		It is an isolated hill, separated from the Pennines to the east and the Forest of Bowland to the northwest.
		It is famous for its links to two events which took place in the 17th century: the Pendle Witches and the claimed visitation to George Fox, leading to the foundation of the Quaker movement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pendle_Hill (518 words)

	Pendle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England, on the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire borders.
		The area is closely associated with the Pendle Witches, and the landscape in the south of the borough is dominated by Pendle Hill.
		Pendle College at Lancaster University takes its name from this area, and many of the places in Pendle lend their name to the residence blocks within the college.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pendle (219 words)

	The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws
		Richard Grimshaw, of Moor Hills, also described as of New House in Pendle Forest, who is first met with as above in the year 1554 and was evidently either son or brother of George Grimshaw, occurs at several dates in the 54 years between the first allusion and the date of his death in 1608.
		The 1593 Nicholas at the head of the Pendle Forest Line is thus either the grandson or great-grandson of the 1481 Nicholas shown in the Clayton-le-Moors line, depending on whether George was the father or brother of Richard.
		One of the most significant "traces" of the Pendle Forest line is a large monument located in the cemetery at St. Anne's Church in Fence, a community a few miles east of Pendle Hill.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/PendLine.htm (1717 words)

	Pendle Hill
		Pendle Hill is the remains of a vast plateau (the delta of an ancient river) of sedimentary rocks which lie over an ancient limestone bed.
		Most of Pendle Hill is covered by a thick blanket of of peat formed from the decomposition of Sphagnum mosses and preserved by the acidity produced in the process.
		Pendle Hill (Pendle Hill is a Quaker center for study and contemplation in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.)
	www.pendle.net /Attractions/pendlehill.htm (595 words)

	pendletourism.com : Pendle's Heritage
		The relatively undiscovered region known as Pendle takes its name from Pendle Hill, which can be seen from different angles throughout the area, the 'pen' being the same word as the Welsh for 'hill'.
		Pendle Hill towers 1,831 ft. above the region, and as well as the obvious connection with the history of the Witches in 1612, it used to be a beacon hill at the time of the Spanish Armada.
		On the Barge - the canals of Pendle
	www.pendletourism.com /f_her2.asp (604 words)

	Pendle Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I took a semester leave of absence from Swarthmore in the Spring of 1999 to study at Pendle Hill, a Quaker center for study and contemplation.
		Pendle Hill's campus is beautiful and relaxing, and it makes a wonderful place to spend an afternoon.
		But Pendle Hill is the hope of heaven because it provides a brief window of absolute freedom in which the community tries as best it can to nurture the hope that the Inner Light will shine in all of us.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/00/ceg/pendlehill.html (398 words)

	Pendle Hill - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pendle Hill (summit 557m above mean sea level) is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson and Clitheroe.
		The story of the Pendle Witches is the most known example of alleged witchcraft in English history.
		In 1652, George Fox claimed to have had a vision while on top of Pendle, which led to him founding the Quaker religion.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pendle_Hill (453 words)

	Pendle Hill - Sightseeing National Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Pendle Hill, Lancashire, is the remains of a vast plateau (the delta of an ancient river) of sedimentary rocks which lie over an ancient limestone bed.
		Pendle Hill (1827 ft / 557 m) [Background: Although not strictly an attraction in Clitheroe itself, Pendle Hill is located in the town's immediate vicinity (about three miles to the East).
		Pendle is not an archetypal hill, as it varies in length from one mile to three miles in places.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /sightseeing-national/pendle-hill (213 words)

	Pendle Hill Pamphlets
		One of the basic ideas concerning Pendle Hill is the application of the tenets of the Religious Society of Friends to education as a preparation for usefulness in the field of religion and social action.
		Because it is a Quaker institution, Pendle Hill differs radically from a theological seminary or a school for social workers.
		Pendle Hill pamphlets, like the early Christian or the early Quaker tracts, present a variety of viewpoints, all in some way derived from another fundamental idea.
	www.quaker.org /pamphlets/PendleHill.html (549 words)

	pendletourism.com : What to See, What to Do
		Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford features an exhibition which tells the story of the Pendle witches, is home to Pendle Arts Gallery and the Tourist Information Centre.
		The Pendle Way is a 45 mile circular walk around Pendle which takes you to the summit of Pendle Hill, from where you can enjoy panoramic views of the area.
		Pendle's Three Peaks, Pendle, Boulsworth and Weets hills, offers walks varying in length from 5 to 8 miles, with refreshments and parking at the beginning and end of each walk.
	www.pendletourism.com /f_wts2.asp (628 words)

	TIME.com: Pendle Hill -- Jun. 21, 1948 -- Page 1
		Pendle Hill, set in the midst of wealthy suburban Wallingford (twelve miles southwest of Philadelphia), is a long way in time and space from the Lancashire hill where Fox saw his vision of the future Religious Society of Friends.
		The gently rugged founder of Quakerism, known to his age as "the man in the leather breeches," might have found Pendle Hill's four spacious stone houses, its 15 acres of trees, lawns and gardens strangely remote from the round of jails, beatings and death which was the regular portion of early Quakers.
		The testimonies of Pendle Hill's morning meetings for worship might have seemed somewhat prosy to a man whose fierce fervor of inward prayer is reported to have shaken the walls of the silent 17th Century meetings.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,798797,00.html (650 words)

	Trig Pillar on Pendle Hill - A Lancashire Photograph - Dave Lawrance Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is the triangulation pillar on the summit of Pendle Hill, near Clitheroe, Lancashire.
		Trig pillars were built on most hill and mountain tops, and other prominent places when the triangulation network on which British mapping is based was being surveyed.
		Pendle Hill (557m) is a prominent whale-back hill in the Ribble Valley, with extensive views in all directions.
	www.first-contact.demon.co.uk /landscapes4/pendle3.html (115 words)

	PENDLE HILL SCHOLARSHIP
		Pendle Hill will bill HMAC directly for the cost of the eight-day sojourn, and the Friend will bill HMAC for the travel costs (with receipts), less $100.
		Scholarship recipients are requested to contact Pendle Hill to arrange the dates of their stay and to answer any questions about the sojourn.
		HMAC expects the Friend who sojourns at Pendle Hill on this scholarship to write a brief report to HMAC which may be forwarded for publication in The Canadian Friend.
	www.quaker.ca /hmac/hmacpendlehill.html (529 words)

	Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Conte... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Pendle Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pendle Hill has been, for the most part, an expression of "unprogrammed" Eastern Quakerism, meaning there is considerably less emphasis on external expression of faith such as liturgy, ministers and symbols.
		One of the largest and most organized programs at Pendle Hill is the resident program, which consists of one eleven-week and two ten-week terms per year.
		Work is seen as a physical discipline at Pendle Hill and is part of the curriculum.
	www.laycontemplative.org /thesites/pendle.htm (455 words)

	Pendle Hill > Resident Program
		Pendle Hill is a Quaker religious educational community grounded in daily meeting for worship.
		The Pendle Hill community seeks to be a living model of a different way of being in the world, through expression of the Quaker testimonies of integrity, equality, simplicity, community and peace.
		At the heart of Pendle Hill is the Resident Program, which lasts from late September to early June.
	www.pendlehill.org /for_prospective (319 words)

	Celtic Origins of the Grimshaw Surname
		Munro, Pendle is not the head or the extremity even of Ribblesdale, nor, much as we like it, shou!d we feel justified in calling it the hill of the dale, remembering, as we must, the claims of Penigant and Ingleborough.
		Pendle, moreover, it is to be borne in mind, is a hill, not a dale, and never could have been called what it is called because of its relation to the valley.
		At the foot of Pendle Hill, on its western slope, but at the same time on a fell or eminence to which it gives its own name, is the little village of Grindleton.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /CelticOriginsOfGwName.htm (8688 words)

	Pendle Life \| The Pendle Witches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The arrest and trial of the so-called Pendle Witches is probably the most well-known of the witch trials that took place in the UK in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
		Pendle today reputedly has a sizeable pagan community, and the tale of the Pendle Witches dominates the local tourism industry, with jam, preserves, beer and all manner of goods bearing their name.
		The Pendle Witch Trail and the Pendle Witches Car Trail (see the Transport section for details) are great introductions to the Pendle area and to the atmospheric tale of witchcraft and injustice.
	www.pendlelife.co.uk /roundabout/opencms/Tourism/Tourist_information/Witches.html (1294 words)

	Pendle Hill - the big end! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here in Pendle we have the most spectacular view of the hill as compared with those who live in the Clitheroe District.
		On this side of the hill you are in the "Burnley Basin" - which is dominated by the Coal Measures.
		The ridge in the foreground of the photograph is Kinderscout Grit.
	freespace.virgin.net /craven.pendle/pendle/forest_pendle.htm (70 words)

	Walking around Pendle, Colne and Nelson
		Pendle Hill, with its distinctive 1,831 feet profile visible for miles around, provides spectacular views extending north westwards to the Forest of Bowland and west across the Fylde Plain to the Irish Sea.
		On a slightly happier note, the Quaker movement started in Pendle after the founder, George Fox, climbed Pendle Hill in 1652 and had a vision 'of a great people waiting to be enlightened and gathered in'.
		The Pendle Way is a 45 mile long distance path which circumnavigates the Pendle region, including the 'Three Peaks'.
	www.walkingpages.co.uk /places/CPL_pendle.htm (755 words)

	Pendle Hill
		Pendle Hill, founded by Quakers in 1930 as a center for study and contemplation, offers spiritually renewing programs for people of all faiths throughout the year.
		Pendle Hill offers a longer term Resident Program as well as short term opportunities.
		Reasons for coming to Pendle Hill vary, including wanting to deepen prayer and spiritual life, seeking an experience of community living, having time for study leave, wanting to learn more about Quakerism, or being at a point of transition in life and needing to discern a future direction.
	www.findthedivine.com /retreatcenter/pendlehill/home.html (385 words)

	Pendle Hill
		The great lion-head of Pendle Hill lies east of Clitheroe, set amongst a number of beautiful Lancashire villages.
		Pendle was also home to the Whitworth Doctors whose miraculous curing of diseases, both of man and beast, gained them great fame.
		Pendle's summit (Big End) is 1827ft above sea level and the hill varies in width from one to three miles.
	www.howlingdog.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /lancashire/pendle_hill.htm (192 words)

	Pendle Hill
		Pendle Hill seeks a new Executive Director - Ken and Katharine Jacobsen will complete their service as Interim Directors next year.
		Pendle Hill's new Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator is named as Champion of Diversity
		Pendle Hill has a new mission statement, approved by the Trustees on September 16
	www.pendlehill.org (179 words)

	Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Countryside Services
		Pendle Hill, although part of the Forest of Bowland AONB, is separated from the main area of the Bowland Fells by the Ribble Valley.
		Good views are afforded from the summit particularly of the pennine Hills, Pendle Hill and north east lancashire.
		Pendle is the highest of the Three Peaks.
	www.lancashire.gov.uk /environment/countryside/sites/view.asp (671 words)

	SKIPTON WEB: Pendle Hill, Pendle Witches, Lancashire
		Only a short distance away, and famous for the Pendle witch trials of the 17th century, when 19 local women were hung for, well, being witches.
		It is a very romantic hill, spiritually associated with George Fox's vision in 1652, the 17th century Lancashire Witches, and the location both for the book "Mist over Pendle" and the film "Whistle Down the Wind".
		The hill stands at 1827 ft and varies in width from one to three miles.
	www.skiptonweb.co.uk /tourist/nearby_attractions/pendlehill.htm (380 words)

	The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pendle Witches, as they became known, were believed to have been responsible for the murder by witchcraft of seventeen people in and around the Forest of Pendle.
		The Pendle Witches were accused of selling their souls to familiar spirits or devils who appeared to them in human and animal form.
		So much is known about the Pendle Witches because the proceedings of the Lancashire trial where recorded by the clerk of the court Thomas Potts and published in the book: The Wonderful Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster.
	www.pendlewitches.co.uk (732 words)

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